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Realize the potential of social collaboration in business
with this easy-to-understand guide

Social media have proven to be an engaging and addictive mode of
communication and information gathering for users on a personal
level. However, by applying that same philosophy, a corporate
collaboration system that employs social technologies could
potentially get employees more involved in running an efficient and
effective business. This fun and friendly guide shows you exactly
how to put social networking to work in order to achieve business
goals. Taking you beyond just the features and tools of social
collaboration, the book focuses on where and how social
collaboration principles and technologies can be applied in order
to enhance the performance of an organization, regardless of how
big or small it may be.

Helps businesses understand how to introduce social
collaboration practices into their organizations in order to create
the results they are seeking

Details ways to transform a business into a social business by
using social collaboration technologies

Provides case studies that exemplify ways in which business can
engage and learn in social collaboration

Social Collaboration For Dummies is an ideal introductory
guide for anyone looking to use social collaboration to lead to
improvements in productivity, organizational agility, innovation,
and employee engagement.